Editor

Configuration of the rich-text editor (TinyMCE) used across the platform — toolbars, plugins, AI helpers in the editor.

Access these settings under Administration > Configuration settings > Editor. This category contains 26 settings, listed below with the title and comment shipped in the platform's settings fixtures (SettingsCurrentFixtures.php).

The variable name in code is shown in monospace. Use it when scripting via the API or when you need to change those settings at a global level by editing config/settings_override.yaml.

Settings

allow_email_editor

Online e-mail editor enabled

If this option is activated, clicking on an e-mail address will open an online editor.

allow_spellcheck

Spell check

Enable spell check

block_copy_paste_for_students

Block learners copy and paste

Block learners the ability to copy and paste into the WYSIWYG editor

editor_block_image_copy_paste

Prevent copy-pasting images in WYSIWYG editor

Prevent the use of images copy-paste as base64 in the editor to avoid filling the database with images.

Default: false

editor_driver_list

List of WYSIWYG files drivers

Array containing the names of the drivers for files access from the WYSIWYG editor.

editor_settings

WYSIWYG editor settings

Generic configuration array to reconfigure the WYSIWYG editor globally.

enable_iframe_inclusion

Allow iframes in HTML Editor

Allowing arbitrary iframes in the HTML Editor will enhance the edition capabilities of the users, but it can represent a security risk. Please make sure you can rely on your users (i.e. you know who they are) before enabling this feature.

enable_uploadimage_editor

Allow images drag&drop in WYSIWYG editor

Enable image upload as file when doing a copy in the content or a drag and drop.

Default: false

enabled_asciisvg

Enable AsciiSVG

Enable the AsciiSVG plugin in the WYSIWYG editor to draw charts from mathematical functions.

enabled_googlemaps

Activate Google maps

Activate the button to insert Google maps. Activation is not fully realized if not previously edited the file main/inc/lib/fckeditor/myconfig.php and added a Google maps API key.

enabled_imgmap

Activate Image maps

Activate the button to insert Image maps. This allows you to associate URLs to areas of an image, creating hotspots.

enabled_insertHtml

Allow insertion of widgets

This allows you to embed on your webpages your favorite videos and applications such as vimeo or slideshare and all sorts of widgets and gadgets

enabled_mathjax

Enable MathJax

Enable the MathJax library to visualize mathematical formulas. This is only useful if either ASCIIMathML or ASCIISVG settings are enabled.

enabled_support_svg

Create and edit SVG files

This option allows you to create and edit SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) multilayer online, as well as export them to png format images.

enabled_wiris

WIRIS mathematical editor

Enable WIRIS mathematical editor. Installing this plugin you get WIRIS editor and WIRIS CAS. This activation is not fully realized unless it has been previously downloaded the PHP plugin for CKeditor WIRIS and unzipped its contents in the Chamilo's directory main/inc/lib/javascript/ckeditor/plugins/. This is necessary because Wiris is proprietary software and his services are commercial. To make adjustments to the plugin, edit configuration.ini file or replace his content by the file configuration.ini.default shipped with Chamilo.

force_wiki_paste_as_plain_text

Forcing pasting as plain text in the wiki

This will prevent many hidden tags, incorrect or non-standard, copied from other texts to stop corrupting the text of the Wiki after many issues; but will lose some features while editing.

full_editor_toolbar_set

Full WYSIWYG editor toolbar

Show the full toolbar in all WYSIWYG editor boxes around the platform.

Default: false

htmlpurifier_wiki

HTMLPurifier in Wiki

Enable HTML purifier in the wiki tool (will increase security but reduce style features)

include_asciimathml_script

Load the Mathjax library in all the system pages

Activate this setting if you want to show MathML-based mathematical formulas and ASCIIsvg-based mathematical graphics not only in the 'Documents' tool, but elsewhere in the system.

math_asciimathML

ASCIIMathML mathematical editor

Enable ASCIIMathML mathematical editor

more_buttons_maximized_mode

Buttons bar extended

Enable button bars extended when the WYSIWYG editor is maximized

Default: true

save_titles_as_html

Save titles as HTML

Allow users to include HTML in title fields in several places. This allows for some styling of titles, notably in test questions.

Default: false

translate_html

Support multi-language HTML content

If enabled, this option allows users to use a ‘lang’ attribute in HTML elements to define the langage the content of that element is written in. Enable multiple elements with different ‘lang’ attributes and Chamilo will display the content in the langage of the user only.

Default: false

video_context_menu_hidden

Hide the context menu on video player

When enabled, the right-click context menu on HTML5 video players is disabled.

Default: false

video_player_renderers

Video player renderers

Enable player renderers for YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, DailyMotion, Twitch medias

youtube_for_students

Allow learners to insert videos from YouTube

Enable the possibility that learners can insert Youtube videos